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FARM DRONES!
Chris Anderson
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Looper (2012)
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Unchanged for last 1,000 years:
A one-pixel-per-row analog sensor network (rose plant used to spot
fungal infections in vineyards)
THE BIGGEST COMMERCIAL MARKET: Agriculture
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Big Data Agriculture
Opportunity: "Closed-loop farming". Use aerial data
capture to use chemicals/water/labor only
where they’re needed.
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Half of farm inputs are wasted due to lost information (the “open loop”
problem)
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Why agriculture?
• Spot disease/problems faster
• Use less chemicals and water (save money, better for food and environment)
• Improve productivity
• Two words: private land
• Safe: under 400ft, visual line of sight, no built-up areas, few obstructions, no people
• When used by farmers for their own purposes, non-commercial
Highest Economic Benefit
Lowest Regulatory Barrier
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Why agriculture?
•Spot disease/problems faster
•Use less chemicals and water (save money, better for food and environment)
•Improve productivity
•Two words: private land
•Safe: under 400ft, visual line of sight, no built-up areas, few obstructions, no people
•When used by farmers for their own purposes, considered non-commercial
Highest Economic Benefit
Lowest Regulatory Barrier
Step 1: Mark
farm on tablet
Step 2: Watch
drone map farm
Features:•Precise georeferencing•Real-time path planning•Multiple aircraft control•Vision-based event detection
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Plants show damage in infrared and near-infrared
(Chlorophyll absorbs infrared light. Damaged plants have less chlorophyll)
Source: Vincent Family Farms
Source: Airphrame
Source: Airphrame
Source: Ryan Kunde, DRINK Wines
Source: Ryan Kunde, DRINK Wines
Source: Airphrame
Source: Airphrame
Questions?